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Apparatus and method for finding optimal zooming speed

US9503651B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 22, 2015
Grant dateNov 22, 2016
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Expiry dateJul 22, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2205/0046
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optimal zooming speed determining device includes: a storage to store a zooming speed at each position of a zoom lens; a tracking implementer to calculate a position of the zoom lens changed in a unit time at a zooming speed at each position of the zoom lens; a moving time calculator to calculate a difference between a position of a focus lens corresponding to a position of the zoom lens before the position of the zoom lens is changed and a position of the focus lens corresponding to the changed position of the zoom lens, and calculate a focus moving time by dividing the difference between positions of the focus lens by a highest moving speed of the focus lens; and a zooming speed determiner to reduce the zooming speed at each position of the zoom lens, if the focus moving time is greater than the unit time.

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